Bottlebrush buckeye (Aesculus parviflora)

Family: Hippocastanaceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Bloom Color: White. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Mid summer. Form: Rounded.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds

Harvest Seasons: Fall, Late Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

rich in bitter-tasting saponins and these need to be leached out before the seed can be eaten. — It can be dried and ground into a powder and used as a gruel.; The seed is quite large and easily harvested, though it is rarely produced in Britain.; Unfortunately, it is rich in bitter-tasting saponins and these need to be leached out before the seed can be eaten.; See notes on toxicity above.

Habitat & North American Range

Wooded bluffs and rich woods, also by streams, on the coastal plain. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)